Post: Got fired and employer said my check is going towards expens

Posted by Jon Coop on 8/28/07

im an elec. service tech. just got fired today.

went to a emergency call on saturday for a circut breaker
panel problem. needed a new main breaker. contacted boss
on situation. he told me that since it was saturday that
there was nothing we could do until monday and to inform
homeowner. which i did. on tuesday the boss's call me
into the office and said that the panel caught fire on
monday sometime. when i was in the process of telling them
that i did what i was told, they told me i was fired.
then said that they gave the homeowners there money back
and had to pay a differnet company to replace the panel,
and said that it was coming out of my check.

is this legal??? i live in florida

thanks for your help.

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Got fired and employer said my check is going towards expens, 8/28/07, by Jon Coop.

Re: Got fired and employer said my check is going towards ex, 12/14/07, by Mike.

Re: Got fired and employer said my check is going towards ex, 12/14/07, by Mike.